Can't UPDATE FFS

[CLASSIFIED]

I'm always getting a Steam error message: "The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request Please try again in a few minutes."

So i've downloaded CS 1.6 for the mean time then i came back to run CS:S and it started to update and right before it's done 1 min left it poped up the same Error.. i've waited a hour tried again and got the same error

What the hell is wrong with this **** Tommorow i won't be home for 2 days and i want to spend some hours at CS:S... :angry:

 

[Cukel]

I´ve had the same thing for four hours now. Pisses me off.

 

[CLASSIFIED]

I'm repling after few hours more or less and still... Same Message... It feels like the begining of the end of CS:S =/

 

[jo kawada]

I get the same message.. and its pissin' me off

 

[lister]

ok guys try rebooting your machines then try Steam again, it worked forme

 

[jo kawada]

didn't work for me

 

[Cukel]

No help. Still the same message. After 8 hours arrgh...

 

[jo kawada]

man they should really do something about that... I can't even start CS:S

 

[Dowie]

Bloody Typical, CS is not working for me to, it got stuck at 96% on Steam Restart it wont update at all

 

[oni_666]

The best way to get rid of this problem is too backup the file "clientregistry.blob" located in C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam
You'll thern be prompted to enter your username and password into steam when you restart the steam program.
(Backup, as in create a new folder in that directory and move the clientregistry.blob file into it)
Its only about 200+kb so won't take long to re-download and update, You should find that CS and HL2 update as normal now.
This worked for me.

 

[Blinxx]

Try checking in your Monitor GUI for which content server you're connected to:

Right click Steam icon > Monitor > The banner displays which content server you're connected to.

Then determine whether or not it's busy by seeing this page.

Overall bandwith use can be found here. As you can see it's quite high due to what it normally is.

If this is the case - being your content server being busy - try exiting Steam, deleting your clientregistry.blob and retrying; I'm afraid that's all you can do to help, it's a bit of a pain but you may have to wait a bit for the specific content server usage to go down.

If this doesn't help, try the answers outlined in this FAQ regarding game unavailable errors and general connection problem answers found over here.

Best bet is deleting the clientregistery.blob file in hopes you get put on a different content server and/or waiting for the bandwith usage to go down.